Nicolas Roche replica kit??

Dave11 · 20-04-2010 01:42PM #1

Well Lads,

Does anyone know if you can get the Ag2r Roche Irish Champions Jersey and shorts. It's great gear and would love to try pick up a set!

Dave

Captain Havoc · 20-04-2010 02:20PM

Dave11 wrote: »

Well Lads,

Does anyone know if you can get the Ag2r Roche Irish Champions Jersey and shorts. It's great gear and would love to try pick up a set!

Dave

Yes and a snip at $320 I've already had a good scout around and I can't find it anywhere else never mind at a better price.

tulachmhor · 20-04-2010 02:37PM

A tad cheaper here,but apparently it only comes in one size.
http://www.all4cycling.com/shop/ag2r-2009-ireland-pm-8795.html
I wonder how easy it is to shrink cycling apparel?

Lumen · 20-04-2010 02:39PM

tulachmhor wrote: »

I wonder how easy it is to shrink cycling apparel?

Harder than it is to grow into it.

tulachmhor · 20-04-2010 02:50PM

Lumen wrote: »

Harder than it is to grow into it.

Touche.

ednwireland · 20-04-2010 02:52PM

tulachmhor wrote: »

A tad cheaper here,but apparently it only comes in one size.
http://www.all4cycling.com/shop/ag2r-2009-ireland-pm-8795.html
I wonder how easy it is to shrink cycling apparel?

2009 jersey though !

tulachmhor · 20-04-2010 05:26PM

ednwireland wrote: »

2009 jersey though !

Fair point,tis duly noted.
But in fairness there's feck all difference between the two,with the exception of bike manufacturer.
Considering the price difference,I'd personally go for the '09 version,that is if I was about 4-5 stone heavier.

alfalad · 20-04-2010 05:36PM

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Yes and a snip at $320 I've already had a good scout around and I can't find it anywhere else never mind at a better price.

I think it's a really nice jersey actually! If wearing it didn't break so many rules I would be tempted!

20-04-2010 05:46PM

alfalad wrote: »

I think it's a really nice jersey actually! If wearing it didn't break so many rules I would be tempted!

Wow 7 replies till someone mentioned "THE RULES".

alfalad · 20-04-2010 05:56PM

poolboy wrote: »

Wow 7 replies till someone mentioned "THE RULES".

I actually wouldn't wear it as I don't have the tan needed to not look stupid!

buzzingnoise · 20-04-2010 08:43PM

alfalad wrote: »

I actually wouldn't wear it as I don't have the tan needed to not look stupid!

Yes..... The lack of tan would just make it look ridiculous...!!
On a plus note, the Irish champions jersey would attract less attention than your yellow and red polka dot collection!!
It could make you go faster too..... Hmmmm... $320 you say??!!

Dave11 · 20-04-2010 10:23PM

$320 :eek:

Gimme a break! Spoke with the lads in the Cyclesuperstore and they say there expecting it in next week and I'm assuming and a more reasonable price!!

Planet X · 20-04-2010 11:53PM

Dave11 wrote: »

Well Lads,

Does anyone know if you can get the Ag2r Roche Irish Champions Jersey and shorts. It's great gear and would love to try pick up a set!

Dave

Brave.
I was up Slieve Maan a few years ago doing, or trying to do the Wiclka 200, and passed a guy wearing a TdeF Polka Dot jersey......on Slieve Maan.

Problem was, that, about 5 miles before the hill he and his mates flew by our group.
He was in tatters going up the hill.
It was interesting to say the least.

tulachmhor · 21-04-2010 01:17AM

Well,what exactly are the rules?
Would it be wrong to don the said jersey because of our milky-white complexion not doing the white kit justice?
Or rather,because,as amateur cyclists wearing the colours of our proud national champion,we could me misconstrued as being the said title holder?Or pretending to be the best in the land,when its plainly obvious that that is not actually the case.
I realise,as has been aluded to above,that it pales into insignificance in terms of Le Tour classification jerseys,but surely there should be no disdain for those wanting to wear their national winners colours.
On a side note,is it then permissable to wear,say the Estonian winners colours without causing obsterpoursness among an amateur cycling group?

Captain Havoc · 21-04-2010 01:25AM

tulachmhor wrote: »

On a side note,is it then permissable to wear,say the Estonian winners colours without causing obsterpoursness among an amateur cycling group?

NO

IM0 · 21-04-2010 01:31AM

tulachmhor wrote: »

On a side note,is it then permissable to wear,say the Estonian winners colours without causing obsterpoursness among an amateur cycling group?

I believe a special dispensation will be granted in that case, as no one in the land has a f***in clue what the estonian flag actually looks like, so you could think of it as wearing it Ninja style.

IM0 · 21-04-2010 01:33AM

tulachmhor wrote: »

I realise,as has been aluded to above,that it pales into insignificance in terms of Le Tour classification jerseys,but surely there should be no disdain for those wanting to wear their national winners colours

and contrary to what you would think, actually wearing your own (irish) national champions jersey is ALOT worse than wearing the Tour GC, KOM or pts jersey, as no one outside cycling will have a clue what they are, but most irish people should know what the flag looks like and its plain wrong and disrepectfull to wear a national champions jersey in their own country

tulachmhor · 21-04-2010 01:46AM

me@ucd wrote: »

and contrary to what you would think, actually wearing your own (irish) national champions jersey is ALOT worse than wearing the Tour GC, KOM or pts jersey, as no one outside cycling will have a clue what they are, but most irish people should know what the flag looks like and its plain wrong and disrepectfull to wear a national champions jersey in their own country

Ah so,it all makes sense now.
Do the opposite to whatever you originally think is best and in that way people are flummoxed by the apparent confusion of the person in question.
Well,I think as I'm up ship and moving over to that London,that I'll procure myself an Irish national champions jersey and wear it with unstinting pride over there,with the obvious hope of not being incited for nationalistic fervour.
Roche Rocks!:)

niceonetom · 21-04-2010 11:20AM

I really really want the Belgian national champion kit with the WC stripes on the sleeves. It's just so bad ass.

DirkVoodoo · 21-04-2010 11:23AM

niceonetom wrote: »

I really really want the Belgian national champion kit with the WC stripes on the sleeves. It's just so bad ass.

Taking the whole Tornado Tom thing a bit too far aren't we? Will you be buying a Lamborghini and racking up penalty points too?

ROK ON · 21-04-2010 11:27AM

niceonetom wrote: »

I really really want the Belgian national champion kit with the WC stripes on the sleeves. It's just so bad ass.

Everytime I see Bonen in it I swoon just a little. Its the mutsnutz of championship jerseys.

I seriously like the current Irish jersey and considered damning the rules and getting it. The reason I didn't is that when wearing it, it is very possible that one could pass a cyclist out training who actually competed in the national road race. It would cheaper the jersey a bit.
However I would have no qualms about wearing the Belgian champ jersey here.

niceonetom · 21-04-2010 11:28AM

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Taking the whole Tornado Tom thing a bit too far aren't we? Will you be buying a Lamborghini and racking up penalty points too?

Yes. Yes I will.

DirkVoodoo · 21-04-2010 11:33AM

niceonetom wrote: »

Yes. Yes I will.

You sicken me.

Which reminds me, guess whose car I saw last week on Stephen's Green on my way to the TT? Michael O'Doherty's orange Lamborghini. I drooled over it for a second before realising who owned it, suddenly it didn't look that attractive anymore, like Angelina Jolie after she met Brad Pitt.

ROK ON · 21-04-2010 11:34AM

What about coke. Did you have a coke after recent races?

ROK ON · 21-04-2010 11:37AM

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

You sicken me.

Which reminds me, guess whose car I saw last week on Stephen's Green on my way to the TT? Michael O'Doherty's orange Lamborghini. I drooled over it for a second before realising who owned it, suddenly it didn't look that attractive anymore, like Angelina Jolie after she met Brad Pitt.

Who is Michael O Doherty and why were you drooling over a tractor.

niceonetom · 21-04-2010 11:37AM

ROK ON wrote: »

What about coke. Did you have a coke after recent races?

I had milk. I'm working up to coke. Next week it'll be fanta, the week after that, sprite....

alfalad · 21-04-2010 11:38AM

tulachmhor wrote: »

Ah so,it all makes sense now.
Do the opposite to whatever you originally think is best and in that way people are flummoxed by the apparent confusion of the person in question.
Well,I think as I'm up ship and moving over to that London,that I'll procure myself an Irish national champions jersey and wear it with unstinting pride over there,with the obvious hope of not being incited for nationalistic fervour.
Roche Rocks!:)

That is a good point, if thinking of heading over to Oz so might get away with it there!

Hungrycol · 21-04-2010 01:15PM

ROK ON wrote: »

Who is Michael O Doherty and why were you drooling over a tractor.

A coffee machine is probably what he really meant to say. Lamborghini Coffee Machine.

Hungrycol · 21-04-2010 01:20PM

.... and oh on topic, I wonder if Trapattoni ever looked around the stadium at an Ireland match and thought that bald fat man in the 8th row could play for Ireland cos he's wearing and Ireland shirt*. I say if you like the jersey, wear it with pride and ignore the naysayers.

*although the answer is probably yes :rolleyes:

Lumen · 21-04-2010 01:51PM

Hungrycol wrote: »

.... and oh on topic, I wonder if Trapattoni ever looked around the stadium at an Ireland match and thought that bald fat man in the 8th row could play for Ireland cos he's wearing and Ireland shirt*

Spectating and participating have different conventions. I sometimes wear an England shirt whilst watching an international match on TV, but I don't generally go out of the house dressed like that

Chips Lovell · 21-04-2010 01:59PM

Lumen wrote: »

but I don't generally go out of the house dressed like that

Plenty of your countrymen do though;)

But wearing a national champions kit is a bit like leaving the house with an FA cup winner's medal around your neck.

Nicolas Roche replica kit??

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